Summary:
Union General in Chief Henry Halleck writes in August, 1863, to General Darius Couch, commanding the Department of the Susquehanna at Chambersburg, concerning mustering out ninety day men.

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Maj.-Gen. COUCH,
Chambersburg, Pa.:

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

August 22, 1863.

The orders already sent to you are not to muster out nor consent to the mustering out of ninety-days' men until their term of service expires. If the Government musters them out he assumes the responsibility.

H. W. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 3, Volume 3, Serial No. 124, Pages 709, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.